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    A wooden spoon like this would have been used for creaming butter on its own or for creaming butter and sugar together when baking.

    This is small rectangular wooden box that is made of wood that was used to squeeze the buttermilk out from the butter in the last stages of the process. The press fit inside with the handle extending

    This is small rectangular wooden box that is made of wood that was used to squeeze the buttermilk out from the butter in the last stages of the process. The press fit inside with the handle extending

    This bowl would have been used in the butter making process while trying to get the milk solids to form and would have been used with the large flat wooden butter spoon. From Hugh and Mary (Reed) Mon

    This type of churn had the whole barrel turning which turned the milk into solids and was widely used in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

    This type of cream separator used centrifugal force to separate the lighter cream from the skim milk. This allowed the process to be completed quicker and with less cream left behind in the milk.

    Notes adjacent to this photo state that the Co-op received its charter to transport milk in December 1945 and transported milk until 1962. This photo can be found in the Tweedsmuir History created by